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Container Platform Security Requirements Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The container platform must notify the system administrator (SA) and information system security officer (ISSO) of account enabling actions.

    <VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes access to an application, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of re-establ...
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  • SRG-APP-000340

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  • The container platform must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling what users can perform privileged functions prevents unauthorized users from performing tasks that may expose dat...
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  • SRG-APP-000342

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  • Container images instantiated by the container platform must execute using least privileges.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Containers running within the container platform must execute as non-privileged. When a container can execute as a privileged...
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  • SRG-APP-000343

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  • The container platform must audit the execution of privileged functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Privileged functions within the container platform can be component specific or can envelope the entire container platform. B...
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  • SRG-APP-000345

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  • The container platform must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful login attempts in 15 minutes are exceeded.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
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  • SRG-APP-000516

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  • The container platform must provide the configuration for organization-identified individuals or roles to change the auditing to be performed on all components, based on all selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Auditing requirements may change per organization or situation within and organization. With the container platform allowing ...
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  • SRG-APP-000357

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  • SRG-APP-000378

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  • The container platform must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure applications have a sufficient storage capacity in which to write the audit logs, applications need to be ...
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  • SRG-APP-000358

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  • Audit records must be stored at a secondary location.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Auditable events are used in the investigation of incidents and must be protected from being deleted or altered. Often, event...
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  • SRG-APP-000359

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  • The container platform must provide an immediate warning to the SA and ISSO (at a minimum) when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If security personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75 percent, they are unable to pl...
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  • SRG-APP-000360

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  • The container platform must provide an immediate real-time alert to the SA and ISSO, at a minimum, of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
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  • SRG-APP-000374

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  • All audit records must use UTC or GMT time stamps.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform and its components must generate audit records using either Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenw...
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  • SRG-APP-000375

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  • The container platform must implement NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, and standards.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data and images. The...
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  • The container platform runtime must prohibit the instantiation of container images without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling access to those users and roles responsible for container image instantiation reduces the risk of untested or pot...
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  • SRG-APP-000378

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  • The container platform registry must prohibit installation or modification of container images without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling access to those users and roles that perform container platform registry functions reduces the risk of untested o...
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  • SRG-APP-000380

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  • The container platform must enforce access restrictions for container platform configuration changes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Configuration changes cause the container platform to change the way it operates. These changes can be used to improve the sy...
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  • SRG-APP-000381

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  • The container platform must enforce access restrictions and support auditing of the enforcement actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to the container platform helps identify attacks and provides...
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  • SRG-APP-000383

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  • All non-essential, unnecessary, and unsecure DoD ports, protocols, and services must be disabled in the container platform.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To properly offer services to the user and to orchestrate containers, the container platform may offer services that use port...
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  • SRG-APP-000384

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  • SRG-APP-000429

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  • The container platform must prevent component execution in accordance with organization-defined policies regarding software program usage and restrictions, and/or rules authorizing the terms and conditions of software program usage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The container platform may offer components such as DNS services, firewall services, router services, or web services that ar...
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  • SRG-APP-000386

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  • The container platform registry must employ a deny-all, permit-by-exception (whitelist) policy to allow only authorized container images in the container platform.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling the sources where container images can be pulled from allows the organization to define what software can be run ...
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  • SRG-APP-000391

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  • The container platform must be configured to use multi-factor authentication for user authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling access to the container platform and its components is paramount in having a secure and stable system. Validating...
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  • SRG-APP-000400

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  • The container platform must prohibit the use of cached authenticators after an organization-defined time period.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable.&lt;/...
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  • SRG-APP-000401

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  • The container platform, for PKI-based authentication, must implement a local cache of revocation data to support path discovery and validation in case of the inability to access revocation information via the network.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The potential of allowing access to users who are no longer authorized (have revoked certificates) increases unless a local ...
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  • SRG-APP-000402

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  • The container platform keystore must implement encryption to prevent unauthorized disclosure of information at rest within the container platform.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Container platform keystore is used for container deployments for persistent storage of all its REST API objects. These objec...
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  • The container platform must accept Personal Identity Verification (PIV) credentials from other federal agencies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling access to the container platform and its components is paramount in having a secure and stable system. Validating...
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  • SRG-APP-000409

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  • The container platform must audit non-local maintenance and diagnostic sessions' organization-defined audit events associated with non-local maintenance.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To fully investigate an attack, it is important to understand the event and those events taking place during the same time pe...
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  • SRG-APP-000411

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